You're like the girl who left her shadow in the drawer, but when she went to get it, it wasn't there.

No one really knows how to deal with the unexpected. How do you rehearse the unknown?

I'm learning more about life when I'm playing too, and writing music. I'm learning more about life, the connection.

Your humanity is your instrument.

It’s making a statement about what life is, really. And I’m going to end the line with it.

Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word 'jazz' means, 'I dare you.'

I always think of music as interior decoration. So, if you have all kinds of music, you are fully decorated!